Operation of agents in a communication network

A computer-implemented method of managing operations of a plurality of agents, wherein each agent is for adjusting values of one or more parameters in a respective network part of the communication network, the method comprising:

• obtaining configuration information for the plurality of network parts;
• for each part of the plurality of network parts, determining a respective exploration policy to be used by an agent to determine adjustments to the values of the one or more parameters in the respective network part, wherein the exploration policy is determined based on the received configuration information for the plurality of network parts;
• and
• deploying the respective determined exploration policy or an exploratory action determined from the respective determined exploration policy to the respective network part;
• wherein the respective determined exploration policy is used to determine one or more exploratory actions to perform for the respective network part.